South Paris High School - Chronicle Yearbook (South Paris, ME)

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THE CHRONICLE 41 BOYS' VARSITY BASKETBALL First Row-K. Bailey, R. Wentworth, W. Snow, D. Johnson, P. LeBlanc. Second Row-J. Hicks, Mgr. R. Beck, P. Martin, A. Snow, H. Morton, K. Mason, C. Crooker, Mr. Griflith. The South Paris Cardinals, upholding the school tradition of never giving up, made eleven straight victories before St. Francis subdued them. They then lost two hard fought games to Mexico and Norway. After this, they found the range again, handing St. Francis their first defeat in twenty-one games and rolling over Livermore Falls 88 to 33. The Cardinals' record earned them fourth spot in the tournament seating, but the fast playing Wilton Academy Eagles defeated them in the opening round 54-44. Because our Sun-Journal League standing was equal to that of Mexico High School, a play-off was ne- cessary to determine the winner of the Western-Division, that would then play Wilton Academy for the trophy. The game was played on the neutral Gould Academy floorg we were beaten in a hard fought game 42-38. Paris-Mexico Bill Snow, high scorer for the Pari- sians, led South Paris to a 48-47 win over Mexico by scoring twenty-nine points. After a tied first quarter, Mex- ico went ahead at half-time 23-21. South Paris came back strongly and held Mexico to three points and led 35- 26 at the end of the quarter. When Bill Snow fouled out, Mexico crept up on South Paris and came within one point of tying us. Mexico missed a foul shot with four seconds to go. This made us the winners. Paris-Norway Norway High School, our long time rivals, gave us a real scare in the first meeting between the two schools. Lead- ing by four points at the end of the first period, they stretched the lead to five

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40 THE CHRONICLE VARSITY CLUB First RowfP, Martin, N. Block, J. Harney, K. Bailey, F. Weeks, D. Dodge, R. Tuttle, C. Parsons. Second Row-R. MacGown, R. Lauzier, D. Johnson, W. Snow, R. Wentworth, H. Morton, R. Bennett, C. Trask. Third RowfMr. Chandler, P. LeBlanc, C. Crooker, J. Hicks, G. Turner, O. Colby, Mr. Griffith. change of punts, Coach Chandler's team came smashing back with Rich- ards carrying on 10 out of 12 plays for 68 yards and the score. Bailey tried to go around end for the point but failed. Norway then held the ball until time ran out. Paris High School, by joining Nor- way and Dexter in a three way tie be- came eligible to receive a class F state championship football trophy, offered by the Maine Principal's Association. Since the trophy won last year was re- turned, this will be the first football trophy to be added permanently to our collection. The football squads of Paris and Nor- way were entertained at a banquet by the Norway-Paris Kiwanis Club. Mr. Adam Walsh, coach of BoWdoin's foot- ball team, was the speaker. In November, Mrs. Mary MacPhee gave a banquet for the boys. Mr. and Mrs. Bean opened their camp at Bryant's Pond for the boys following the Mexico game, and Coach and Mrs. Chandler had their annual open house for the Seniors after the Norway game. Appreciation is expressed to Dr. Ray- mond S. Houghton for his care of the boys throughout the season. Norman Block, manager of the team, releases the names of the following boys who have played their last game for Paris: Richards, Johnson, Dodge, Fabis- zewski, Trask, Colby, Harney, Hicks, Bailey and Weeks.

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points at the half. South Paris came back and took a two point lead at the end of the third period. The final quar- ter was a thriller with Norway going out front by one point. With two min- utes to go LeBlanc scored on a long shot to put us back in the lead. Paris then froze the ball for the remainder of the game. Paris-Wilton Tournament Game In our tournament debut this year we lost a hard fought game to Wilton by the score of 54-44. The Cardinals started the first period in perfect form, leading by eight points at the end. Then the roof caved in, with Wilton running us all over the floor to go ahead at the half 31-28. The third period saw the Wilton Eagles continuing their scoring. Both teams played even in this period with Paris getting 8 points and Wilton 9 to win the game and eliminate us. Le- Blanc with 12 points and Bailey with 10 points were our high scorers. Paris-Mexico Playoff After breaking even in two games' with Mexico, both by only one point, everyone expected the close game that this proved to be. Paris jumped to a, 4 point lead at the end of the initial' period and then, as in the tournament, they fell behind and were down four at the half. Mexico came back after the half and widened the gap to 7 points, 37 to 30. Mexico managed to hold a 4 point lead and won 42 to 38. Snow was our high man with 22 points. Scores Paris Paris 27 Hallowell 22 48 Mexico 76 Scarborough 32 30 Gould 57 Bridgton 16 46 St. Francis 43 Hallowell 25 40 Mexico 43 Livermore 21 42 Norway 36 Norway 35 37 St. Francis 61 Scarborough 39 88 Livermore 46 Gould 24 44 Wilton 53 Bridgton 31 38 Mexico Individual Scorers Bill Snow 321 Paul LeBlanc 141 Ray Wentworth 112 Kent Bailey 88 Don Johnson 54 Alan Snow 50 Ray Richards Clifford Crocker Henry Morton Philip Martin Kimball Mason